Hi,
I would like to know how R assigns the numeric code to a set of factors
in a vector. For example, I have a vector of 5 different factors in a
random order, and I want a color-coded plot by factors:
rfactor=as.factor(sample(letters[1:5], 50, replace=T))
rfactor
[1] c c c d b a b d d a a e e b b e c e e a a b b b a b a e a a b d b
b c a b b
[39] d c a e c d e d a a a a
Levels: a b c d e
x=rnorm(50)
boxplot(x~rfactor, col=1:5)
So, colors 1 to 5 are assigned to factors alphabetically (a-1, b-2, ...,
e-5), or by order of appearance (c-1, d-2, b-3, a-4, e-5)? It is
possible to control that?
Saludos, EKS
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Eduardo Klein
Lab Sensores Remotos e
Instituto de Tecnología y Ciencias Marinas
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Caracas, Venezuela
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